Texas Scientists Regret Loss of Higgs Boson Quest

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Texas Scientists Regret Loss of Higgs Boson Quest

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday July 4, 2012 @11:25AM from the what-could-have-been dept.

MarkWhittington writes "The probable discovery of the Higgs Boson particle is greeted as bittersweet news in Texas. Had the Superconducting Super Collider, at one time under construction in Waxahachie, Texas, not been cancelled by Congress in 1993 the Higgs Boson might have been confirmed a decade ago, some believe, and in America."

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In other news: by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-04 11:28 · Score: 5, Funny

Mexico regrets the loss of Texas...
1. Re:In other news: by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-04 12:42 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Texas can no longer claim "everything is bigger in Texas" I guess, since the LHC is the largest collider in the world.
Texas eh? by mwfischer · 2012-07-04 11:29 · Score: 5, Funny

If it's Texas.... should have said "God Particle" in the proposal.
Eleventy billion dollar grant.
1. Re:Texas eh? by denzacar · 2012-07-04 11:37 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  should have said "God Particle" in the proposal.
  Eleventy billion dollar grant.
  Make that a God Particle Gun instead of "Superconducting Super Collider" and you're golden.
  
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2. Re:Texas eh? by catmistake · 2012-07-04 11:42 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  If it's Texas.... should have said "God Particle" in the proposal.
  Eleventy billion dollar grant.
  Make that a God Particle Gun instead of "Superconducting Super Collider" and you're golden.
  If only a Texan would have caught them sneaking off with this stolen discovery, they could have legally murdered them.
  
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3. Re:Texas eh? by byornski · 2012-07-04 13:36 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  Super-collider? I just met her!
4. Re:Texas eh? by Hatta · 2012-07-05 00:50 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Where the the group that led the charge to kill the Supercollider was led by a Democrat with the following vote totals:
  Voting to kill - 166 Democrats, 115 Republicans
  Voting to save - 98 Democrats, 61 Republicans
  Wow, bipartisanship!
  
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If discovered in the US... by Nighttime · 2012-07-04 11:36 · Score: 5, Funny

... they would have patented it then sued everyone for having mass.

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1. Re:If discovered in the US... by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-04 12:02 · Score: 5, Funny
  
  All the more reason to discover it in America. People have a lot more mass here to sue for.
2. Re:If discovered in the US... by Drishmung · 2012-07-04 14:46 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  ... they would have patented it then sued everyone for having mass.
  Well, there do seem to be more Higg's Bosons per person in the USA than other countries, but it appears that Mississippi has a greater claim than Texas
  
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If only it gave illegals jobs by Anonymous Coward · 2012-07-04 12:21 · Score: 0, Funny

If Texas had said it woould give 1000 illegal aliens work then Congress, and the President would have been all over it.
Alternatly, they could have just lied and said it would be harmful to the good of the country, then it would have gotten approved.
Texas? Science? by Sarusa · 2012-07-04 12:27 · Score: 1, Funny

I don't think Texas has had any use for science since 1993 either.
Officially coming out against critical thinking was just the final reveal.